Tray with three feet

Object Details

• Description

  Dish with low sloping sides and everted rim, three low spreading feet. Pottery with "3-color" glaze.

  Body: fine grained buff white clay.

  Glaze: soft lead glaze in white, dark green, yellowish brown and dark blue; fine crackle, some iridescence, slight flaking; bottom unglazed.

  Decoration: flying goose and three clouds in a circle surrounded by floral motifs, deeply impressed in the clay and colored with glazes.

• Label

  This tray made for funerary use derives its shape from a contemporary metal tray. The motif of a flying goose and three clouds in a circle surrounded by floral forms was deeply impressed into the clay, using a stamp, then picked out with glazes of different colors. The deep outlines kept the colored glazes from running together. The tray rests on three low, spreading feet.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires (May 9, 1993 to January 28, 2007)

  Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

  Chinese Art (March 9, 1981 to March 12, 1982)

  Chinese Ceramics (May 9, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

  Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

  Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)

• Origin

  Henan province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  700s

• Place

  China, Henan province

• Topic

  Art, Goose, Chinese Art, Cloud, Pottery, Tang dynasty (618 - 907), Funerary, Iridescence, Ceramics, Flowers

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)